From 2003 to 2007, Mario Possamai served as Senior Advisor to Justice Archie Campbell, who headed the SARS Commission into the 2003 Ontario outbreak. During this time, he led the Commission’s investigations into health care worker safety issues and pandemic planning.

For the past three decades, Possamai has led investigations into complex money laundering, corruption and fraud in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. His work has assisted in the civil recovery of millions of dollars in stolen assets.

Possamai was retained as an expert witness by the Attorney General of Canada in Canada (Attorney General) v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada, a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case involving Canada’s anti-money laundering regime.

From 2011 to 2018, Mario was director of enterprise intelligence for a major Canadian bank, spearheading its efforts to develop actionable strategic and tactical intelligence regarding emerging fraud, money laundering, and cyber threats.

In 2006-07, he managed a court-mandated review of the internal affairs function at Rikers Island, New York City’s largest jail complex. In 2001, Posamai was a lecturer in the RCMP’s money laundering expert witness program.

From 1995 to 1997, he was retained by the Government of Malawi to assist in the investigation and prosecution of large-scale corruption and money laundering committed by the regime of the late dictator Hastings Banda.

More recently, Mario Possamai has testified as an expert witness before the House of Commons standing committee on health about the implications of COVID-19.

After his retirement in 2018, Mario Possamai has continued to consult on issues related to occupational health and safety, money laundering and organized crime. He currently lives in Toronto.